Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff

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Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
Kindle Fire
iOS
Windows Phone 8
Windows 8.1
Adobe Flash
ReleaseApril 10, 2014
Genre(s)City-building game
Mode(s)Single-player
multiplayer

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is a

Quahog using familiar characters and buildings. It features an original story conceived by the show's writers in which Quahog has been destroyed and it is up to the player to bring it back to its former glory. Some of the series' main actors, like Seth MacFarlane (Peter, Stewie, Brian, Quagmire, Dr. Hartman, Carter Pewterschmidt, etc.), Alex Borstein (Lois), Mila Kunis (Meg), and Seth Green (Chris) collaborated with TinyCo
for the project.

Story

Family Guy is cancelled again and Fox assembles citizens of Quahog to explain why. It is revealed that

Ernie the Giant Chicken is responsible and Peter challenges him to a fight. The ensuing brawl quickly results in mass destruction of Quahog. As the game play begins, it is up to the player to help Peter restore Quahog and reunite him with his friends and family.[1][2][3][4]

Gameplay

Players guide the cast of Family Guy in rebuilding the town of Quahog. The game includes quests for the player to complete, such as helping Peter become a pirate, helping

Mayor Adam West survive the town's running of the bulls. Players may purchase optional digital goods to speed up, decorate, or differentiate gameplay.[4] As players continue, their personalized Quahog grows with additional characters, places, and situations from the Family Guy universe. The game also features FaceSpace, an in-game Facebook-like social network where the game's characters can interact and post new level achievements. Players can also visit their friends’ personalized Quahogs.[3]

Production

The game was developed by

iOS App Store and Google Play store in most countries on April 10, 2014.[4] The game was written by the Family Guy show writers. The voices were provided by the show's voice actors. The character pages for the game's FaceSpace were all created specifically for the game with new original content related to the game's quests.[3]

Updates

On May 31, 2014, an update was released, entitled "Kingdom of the Full Moon", an Indiana Jones-styled adventure that shows the addition of a museum themed on Ancient Egypt and involves collecting "moon idols" in order to find Cleveland Brown. The update was released less than three weeks after Cleveland's official return to the series following the cancellation of The Cleveland Show.[6]

On July 24, 2014, a

San Diego Comic-Con International style update was released on iOS and was released on Android on July 31, 2014. It added a comic-con style building, new characters, costumes, and more. Guest playable celebrities include: George Takei, Stan Lee, Patrick Stewart, Ron Perlman, Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion and Bryan Cranston.[7][8][9]

From September 26–29, 2014, a minor update was released that gave players a limited opportunity to win the Kool-Aid Man as a playable character.[10]

On October 1, 2014, the game had its first

Predator from Predator, Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, and Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
.

On November 7, 2014, the game had a Quahog Clam Festival update. The update had Carl showing clips from American Dad! to earn free clams to the player's game. Plus, Stan Smith, Francine Smith, Steve Smith, Hayley Smith, and Roger from American Dad! became playable characters during the event. During the event, the update gave a nuke button in the inventory. Land would be destroyed, yet decorations and buildings would be saved in the inventory.

On December 5, 2014, the game had its Christmas update. The update let the player create gifts and send decorations and buildings to friends through its

Barbara Pewterschmidt, John McClane from Die Hard, and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS
.

On January 1, 2015, the game had its New Year's update. The update had buildings and decorations based on the

Jillian Russell-Wilcox
.

On January 28, 2015, there was a Best of 2014 event which brought back the best characters, costumes, decorations and buildings from 2014. Including

Nathan Fillon, Stan Lee
, Mr. Weed, Diane Simmons and multiple other costumes.

On February 5, 2015, the game's Valentine's Day update had been released. New outfits included Multiverse Meg, Beautiful Peter, and Glenda Vajmire. New characters include Ida Davis, Cupid, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cheryl Tiegs and Benedict Cumberbatch.

On March 19, 2015, a

Borg Consuela and Captain Pike
Joe.

On May 15, 2015, a firefighter-themed event was released. New outfits included Sexy Firefighter Chris, Firefighter Seamus, and Fire Dog Brian.

On June 5, 2015, a Godfather-themed event entitled "The Fatfather" was released. New characters included Diabeto (who was a NPC in the Halloween 2014 event), Cleveland Jr., Mr. Washee Washee, The Judge, Detective Scrotes, Don Corleone, Mike Tyson, Mr. Miyagi, and RoboCop. New outfits included The Fatfather (Peter), Fight Promoter Cleveland, Gangster School Girl Tricia, Burnt Out Brian, Mob Wife Lois, Mob Wife Bonnie, Kingpin Consuela and Zoot Suit Stewie.

On July 10, 2015, a short Magic Mike-themed event was released, featuring the titular character as a new playable character. This event also included two new outfits, Magic Peter and Stripper Jerome, as well as Steroid Stewie and Stripper Bonnie, who were available in previous events.

On July 20, 2015, a mini event entitled "Invasion of the Hybrid Babies", based on the

Stewie Is Enceinte
", was released. New characters included Chip Griffin, and two of the hybrid babies, Finn and Jack. It also included one new outfit, Teen Mom Stewie.

On July 30, 2015, a week-long "Evil"-themed event was released. New characters included Retep and Evil Stewie (evil twins of Peter and Stewie, respectively), and Satan.

On August 8, 2015, a short 2-day themed event was released called Halloween Weekend. This event brought back items and costumes from Halloween 2014 (vampire Stewie, and Pink Brian). New costumes for Meg and Connie were released for a limited time along with new buildings.

On August 10, 2015, a month-long event called "Peter Palooza" was released. This featured a music festival and guest appearances from numerous famous musicians, and someone called Carl.

In 2016, Star Trek: 2nd Contact launched and concluded on February 25, 2016. Return of Star Trek: TNG cast and Scotty now added.

Reception

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff received generally mixed reviews from critics. Many praised its similarities to the look and video dialogue of the Family Guy show, but complained that it requires too much time to complete quests, digital goods are too expensive, and the text dialogue gets repetitive.

Terrance & Phillip freemium game criticized in South Park's episode "Freemium Isn't Free".[16]

The game generated over $100 million in revenue by October 2016.[17]

See also

References

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  8. ^ Dormehl, Luke (July 23, 2014). "Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff gets a Comic-Con-themed update". Cult of Mac. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
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  15. ^ "STP Review: Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff". Slide To Play. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  16. ^ Kuchera, Ben (November 12, 2014). "South Park's free-to-play jokes were based on a Family Guy game". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  17. ^ Takahashi, Dean (October 31, 2016). "Hollywood studios team up with Jam City's TinyCo on Family Guy game Halloween event". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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